kill-the-BKL/reiserfs: add reiserfs_cond_resched()

Usually, when we call cond_resched(), we want the write lock
to be released and then reacquired once we return from scheduling.
Not only does it follow the previous bkl based locking scheme, but
it also let other waiters to get the lock.

But if we aren't going to reschedule(), such as in !TIF_NEED_RESCHED
case, it's useless to release the lock. Worse, if we release and reacquire
the lock whereas it is not needed, we create useless contentions. Also
if someone takes the lock while we are modifying or reading the tree,
there are good chances we'll have to retry our operation, eg if the
block we were seeeking has moved.

So this patch introduces a helper which only unlock the write lock
if we are going to schedule.

[ Impact: prepare to inject less lock contention and less tree operation attempts ]

Reported-by: Andi Kleen <[email protected]>
Cc: Jeff Mahoney <[email protected]>
Cc: Chris Mason <[email protected]>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <[email protected]>
Cc: Alexander Beregalov <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <[email protected]>

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